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...strikes, and then move rapidly to do a decisive takedown," a U.S. Army general tells TIME. If that is the game, a nighttime blizzard of cruise missiles and bombs would be followed by U.S. commandos--probably including elements of the 82nd Airborne, backed by elite Army Rangers and Delta Force members--all trying to capture or kill bin Laden. "[Bush] won't be taken seriously if he tries to do it all from the air," says an Army officer of his Commander in Chief. "We can do a lot of things with our jets and missiles...
...officials are compiling what one called "growing" evidence that other hijackings may have been planned for September 11. Officials from both the government and the airline industry tell TIME Magazine that a knife-like weapon was found on each of two separate Delta Airlines aircraft later that day, although neither plane took off due to the nationwide grounding after the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks on hijacked United and American airlines planes...
...Government sources would not describe in detail the nature of the weapons found on the Delta flights last week, but one official disclosed that another weapon was discovered on at least on other aircraft, owned by a fourth airline. The government official refused to name that carrier...
...class, what kind of executive paycuts do we think are going on at places like American, Continental, Delta, United and US Airways? The correct answer: Nothing...
...show real leadership and improve the competitiveness of the airline industry. Let's say Congress approves loans to the airline industry, but caps CEO pay at $150,000 until the loan is paid back. Or applies restrictions to some of the enormous pay packets that pilots at United and Delta just received. The question is, if the US taxpayer is going to bail the airline industry out, what not put some reasonable limitations on what the money can be used...